Question

The maximum amount of a solute that will dissolve in a certain amount of solvent at a given temperature is that solute's

Answer 1

Solubility. Solubility is a solvents capacity to dissolve a solute. Most common solutes are sugar and salt. When a solvent can no longer dissolve a solute, the solution is said to be saturated. When the capacity of a solvent has not yet been reached, the solution is said to be UNsaturated. A supersatureated solution is one that contains more solute than it can normally hold at a given temperature. Say water can only hold 10 grams of salt at 20 Celsius (this is only an example). If you heat that water up it can hold more salt than 10 grams. So say you add 5 more grams. When that water cools back to 20C, it is supersaturated.